With worrisome regularity, news stories have been appearing of the elderly being subjected to harassment and abuse. Apart from the odd robbery or eviction bid, their tormentors tend to come from within their families and are often their own children.
It is fairly certain that for every episode that gets reported there are innumerable others that don’t make the news. The old find it socially embarrassing to talk about their problems, especially when family members are the perpetrators. Many suffer silently because they don’t know how to make formal complaints and are unaware of the legal. . .